Not exact matches
No negative space!!!! And the printing - perfect... the
pencil marks vary in value, showing her strong strokes as well as
delicate shading.
An Edinburgh - based artist who has exhibited widely in Europe, the USA and Japan, Johnston's large - scale,
delicate drawings are made of short, irregular
pencil marks which converge to delineate impressions of geometric spaces, reminiscent of windows or mirrors.
Executed on either black or white monochromatic canvases the
delicate markings of her
pencil are dynamic and elusive; they appear to change over time, especially when subject to different light conditions.
I was admiring what I was sure were paintings by Luisa Rabbia at the estimable Peter Blum gallery when the artist was summoned to point out that the lusciously colored, sweeping canvases were drawings, spiraling
pencil marks and
delicate fingerprints floating over the veils of indigo veined with red tributaries.
As a bonus, next door at the other Matthew
Marks gallery space on the street, a group of Kelly's open - line plant drawings (some in
pencil, others traced with a
delicate brush) offer a reminder of the deep commitment of this abstract genius to drawing from nature.